Maine reported 1,001 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Thursday and two extra deaths.
The seven-day common is now 694 new circumstances per day and has greater than doubled previously two weeks. Maine continues to have one of many highest an infection charges within the nation, with 354 new circumstances per 100,000 residents over the previous seven days. The nationwide common is 165 circumstances per 100,000 individuals. Maine’s an infection fee ranks fifth after Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.
Maine hospitalization knowledge had not been up to date Thursday morning. On Wednesday, the Maine Middle for Illness Management and Prevention reported a complete of 209 COVID sufferers in Maine hospitals. After doubling over the earlier three weeks, the affected person depend has fluctuated between 207 and 209 since Monday.
Whereas Maine has seen the tempo of latest infections and hospitalizations sluggish this week, the Northeast general has not seen any sustained lower in case numbers, suggesting that new, extra contagious omicron subvariants are nonetheless spreading at excessive charges. And wastewater testing across the state additionally signifies the virus remains to be prevalent and never receding.
Official case counts point out whether or not transmission is rushing up or slowing down, however they undercount precise infections as a result of so many individuals now depend on at-home assessments that aren’t included in official counts.
The sharp rise in reported circumstances previously three weeks and the designation change in eight Maine counties to excessive transmission ranges prompted the Bangor and Portland college districts to reinstate indoor masks mandates. Bangor’s requirement started Monday, whereas Portland’s took impact Thursday.
The Maine counties designated as excessive transmission are Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Aroostook.
The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention recommends masks carrying whereas indoors in counties with excessive ranges of transmission. The designations are primarily based on an infection charges, hospitalizations and hospital capability.
Because the pandemic started, Maine has recorded 253,654 circumstances and a pair of,332 deaths.
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